A Filipino production took home Best Film at the 8th Mirabile Dictu International Catholic Film Festival in the Vatican. The 2016 film of “Ignacio de Loyola,” directed by Paolo Dy, comes as a real surprise because the film was their first attempt at filmmaking and earned an award from a distinguished award-giving body considered to be the Academy Awards of Catholic films.

On the 11^th to 14^th of August, 2018, the film was shown to the public in Timor-Leste. The viewers greeted the showing with enthusiasm and gratitude for having the chance to be inspired by the story of St. Ignatius of Loyola.

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The Society of Jesus in Timor Leste is blessed with another pastor on the ordination of Fr. Albino Ribeiro Gonçalves, SJ a priest on the 28^th of June 2018, in the municipality of Liquiça.   The occasion was graced by the presence of the Jesuits and local clergy, families and friends of Albino, students and staff of Jesuit schools, partners of the Jesuits in various apostolates as well as local authorities and parishioners of Liquiça. A beaming crowd of two thousand attended the ceremony held in the grounds of the parish church. The ordination rite was officiated by Dom Norbeto do Amaral, DD of the Diocese of Maliana.

Fr. Albino was born on 14^th of June 1982 in Pissu Craic, Lauhata, Bazartete, Liquiça. He belongs to a large family of 14 siblings.   He joined the Society of Jesus on the 22^nd of April 2005. He finished his philosophy degree from Ateneo de Manila University, in the Philippines and finished his Theological studies in Faculdade Jesuita de Filosofia e Teologia, Belo Horzonte, Brazil. He received his diaconal ordination in the same school in 2017.

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In a couple of days, the Jesuítas em Timor Leste will be celebrating the ordination of a new Jesuit priest. Deacon Albino Gonçalves will be ordained on June 28 in Liquiça. Please pray for our brother Albino as he grows in his witness of faith and desire to serve the Lord.